The best selling album in 2008 in Australia was ONLY BY THE NIGHT by KINGS OF LEON .
Notes: Sales level is a number of certified units for albums released in
as of end of the year. Some albums could be under-certified. Popular albums released at the end of the year may have bigger number of shipments than real sales at that time
Rank Artist Album Sales level Released
1
KINGS OF LEON ONLY BY THE NIGHT 350,000
2008
2
P!NK FUNHOUSE 350,000
2008
3
AC/DC BLACK ICE 210,000
2008
4
COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA OR DEATH AND ALL HIS FRIENDS 210,000
2008
5
THE PRESETS APOCALYPSO 140,000
2008
6
SOUNDTRACK MAMMA MIA! THE MOVIE SOUNDTRACK 140,000
2008
7
CHRIS BROWN EXCLUSIVE 2007
8
METALLICA DEATH MAGNETIC 140,000
2008
9
RIHANNA GOOD GIRL GONE BAD 2007
10
JASON MRAZ WE SING, WE DANCE, WE STEAL THINGS 70,000
2008
11
JACK JOHNSON SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC 70,000
2008
12
LADY GAGA THE FAME 70,000
2008
13
GABRIELLA CILMI LESSONS TO BE LEARNED 70,000
2008
14
LEONA LEWIS SPIRIT 2007
15
NICKELBACK DARK HORSE 70,000
2008
16
MGMT ORACULAR SPECTACULAR 2007
17
THE VERONICAS HOOK ME UP 2007
18
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL CAST HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR (SOUNDTRACK) 70,000
2008
19
MILEY CYRUS BREAKOUT 70,000
2008
20
ANDRE RIEU WALTZING MATILDA 70,000
2008
21
GEOFFREY GURRUMUL YUNUPINGU GURRUMUL 70,000
2008
22
HAMISH AND ANDY UNESSENTIAL LISTENING 70,000
2008
23
IL DIVO THE PROMISE 70,000
2008
24
AMY WINEHOUSE BACK TO BLACK 2006
25
BRITNEY SPEARS CIRCUS 70,000
2008
26
PETE MURRAY SUMMER AT EUREKA 70,000
2008
27
MATCHBOX TWENTY EXILE ON MAINSTREAM 2007
28
MICHAEL BUBLÉ CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE 2007
29
ENYA AND WINTER CAME 70,000
2008
30
KATY PERRY ONE OF THE BOYS 70,000
2008
31
KASEY CHAMBERS RATTLIN' BONES 70,000
2008
32
NEWTON FAULKNER HAND BUILT BY ROBOTS 2007
33
THE KILLERS DAY & AGE 70,000
2008
34
TIMBALAND SHOCK VALUE 2007
35
GUNS N' ROSES CHINESE DEMOCRACY 70,000
2008
36
P!NK I'M NOT DEAD 2006
37
MICHAEL JACKSON THRILLER 1982
38
DUFFY ROCKFERRY 35,000
2008
39
ABBA GOLD - GREATEST HITS 1992
40
DISTURBED INDESTRUCTIBLE 35,000
2008
41
DAMIEN LEITH CATCH THE WIND: SONGS OF A GENERATION 35,000
2008
42
HUMAN NATURE A SYMPHONY OF HITS 35,000
2008
43
ALICIA KEYS AS I AM 2007
44
K.D. LANG WATERSHED 35,000
2008
45
THE LIVING END WHITE NOISE 35,000
2008
46
KINGS OF LEON BECAUSE OF THE TIMES 2007
47
MADONNA HARD CANDY 70,000
2008
48
SOUNDTRACK STEP UP 2: THE STREETS 35,000
2008
49
SOUNDTRACK PACKED TO THE RAFTERS 70,000
2008
50
BEYONCÉ I AM SASHA FIERCE 35,000
2008
51
DAVID CAMPBELL GOOD LOVIN' 35,000
2008
52
SLIPKNOT ALL HOPE IS GONE 35,000
2008
53
THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS DOLL DOMINATION 2.0 35,000
2008
54
SOUNDTRACK TWILIGHT 35,000
2008
55
FOO FIGHTERS ECHOES, SILENCE, PATIENCE & GRACE 2007
56
KID ROCK ROCK N ROLL JESUS 2007
57
ANDRE RIEU THE 100 MOST BEAUTIFUL MELODIES 35,000
2008
58
THE PRIESTS THE PRIESTS 35,000
2008
59
JORDIN SPARKS JORDIN SPARKS 2007
60
ANGUS & JULIA STONE A BOOK LIKE THIS 2007
61
MIKA LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION 2007
62
USHER HERE I STAND 35,000
2008
63
DIDO SAFE TRIP HOME 35,000
2008
64
FERGIE THE DUTCHESS 2006
65
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE FUTURESEX/LOVESOUNDS 2006
66
FLO RIDA MAIL ON SUNDAY 35,000
2008
67
SANTANA ULTIMATE SANTANA 2007
68
SOUNDTRACK JUNO 2007
69
VANESSA AMOROSI SOMEWHERE IN THE REAL WORLD 35,000
2008
70
SNOW PATROL A HUNDRED MILLION SUNS 35,000
2008
71
MAROON 5 IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG 2007
72
DELTA GOODREM DELTA 2007
73
THE JOHN BUTLER TRIO GRAND NATIONAL 2007
74
LINKIN PARK MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT 2007
75
ONEREPUBLIC DREAMING OUT LOUD 2007
76
THE TING TINGS WE STARTED NOTHING 2008
77
COLBIE CAILLAT COCO 2007
78
MICHAEL BUBLÉ IT'S TIME 2005
79
TINA ARENA SONGS OF LOVE & LOSS II 35,000
2008
80
THE OFFSPRING RISE AND FALL, RAGE AND GRACE 35,000
2008
81
KINGS OF LEON AHA SHAKE HEARTBREAK 2004
82
FALL OUT BOY FOLIE A DEUX 2008
83
BRITNEY SPEARS BLACKOUT 2007
84
THE WHITLAMS TRUTH, BEAUTY AND A PICTURE OF YOU: BEST OF THE WHITLAMS 35,000
2008
85
RADIOHEAD IN RAINBOWS 2007
86
DAFT PUNK ALIVE 2007 2007
87
MILEY CYRUS HANNAH MONTANA 2: MEET MILEY CYRUS (SOUNDTRACK) 2007
88
EMPIRE OF THE SUN WALKING ON A DREAM 2008
89
SNEAKY SOUND SYSTEM 2 35,000
2008
90
GYROSCOPE BREED OBSESSION 35,000
2008
91
T.I. PAPER TRAIL 35,000
2008
92
HILLSONG WORSHIP THIS IS OUR GOD 35,000
2008
93
EAGLES LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN 2007
94
ELVIS PRESLEY CHRISTMAS DUETS 2008
95
CHRISTINA AGUILERA KEEPS GETTIN' BETTER: A DECADE OF HITS 35,000
2008
96
JESSICA MAUBOY BEEN WAITING 35,000
2008
97
MILEY CYRUS HANNAH MONTANA & MILEY CYRUS: BEST OF BOTH WORLDS 35,000
2008
98
SEAL SOUL 35,000
2008
99
ANDRE RIEU LIVE IN AUSTRALIA 35,000
2008
100
PAUL KELLY SONGS FROM THE SOUTH - VOL 2 2008
Source: ARIA
